Detachable stencil for ball lights



A 9 1927. L. H. BUCHANAN DEIAQHABLE STE NCIL' FOR BALL LIGHTS Filed April 20. 1926 :to'ind'cate number's, lettersor words by day. v

ironi thejglobegi lg 1 a .1? g. e is a perspective. of the rearlside of v Patented Aug. 9, 192?. i

1 DETAG ABLE s'rENcIL FOR BALL trains.

; Application filed Apri120,192.- sr'ia n -ibaaee. i

invention a detachable stencil partiCularIyada ted'iQr ball or globe lights, to give. an illuminated stencil at night and e an object of my invention is the formation of stencilled numbers vor letters," or a combination of both, adapted particularly for use with lights to indicate house'nunibers or the like, the arrangement preferably being attachable and detachable mm the light and adapted 7 its own structure to. spherical globes or the like; of electric 'lainpsQ 7 V Another object of H y invention is'to have -V a series of stencil fnu bersor letters which be attached to resilient wires, the wires I being adapted' to clamp around a globeior ball light; holding same in place so that the lstencilgnay befpositioned toQbe illuminated in'any desired direction; 7 f1] l Another object: of my inyention is" in the special ,tor nation of the" stencilled letters or numbersl pair of parallel Wires bent somewhat into a connected .so vthat stencilled numbers or letters may bev slid on the wires and positioned 'in'proper relation to gi've the desired num ber, word or otheri information. The free ends of the wires are secured by strapswhich V are slipped into position adjacentthe ends J I p metal Witlioutany stencil'and with'lbe'ads 9,

are adaptedtobe slipp edroverthe ends'of the I wire, and to be shoved into closeenfgagenient with'the stencils a when fittingl Thesefclibs r have arelativelytight frictional engagement a Y w1th the wire ends and hold thestencilllet tersin'coinpaet relation so that nolight will i i or opposite ends of, thestencil and hold same in close position.;. The wires are adapt-- V 1 1 ed ,to spreadfout' slightlyjon thesi'de 'oppo site. the stencil when fillingfand hold thede- "Vicesin firm position. on a ball or. other globular light 1 :l n C011StIllCt1I1g; thestencilletters orhunnerals, these arepreferably formed of sheet metal having inwardlyr'olled beads at the top' and bottom, ,the beads having'a series fol, slits transversely thereof to allow the numbersto conform to the arc of afcircle. in order to fit snugly against the ball or other. globular light. The individual; stencils are alsoniade to overlap the next secbetween the individual stencils. 1 My invention will berriore readily understood from the'following description and drawings; in which Figure 1 is a perspectivefront view or tion of topiit and be secured 'by .I n construetlng niy invention I utilize a tion 111 order to obstruct the passage of light l readily seen teie gm g7- 2 wrearview of theconstruct on an individual stencil Fig. 5 is a? front elevation ofafmodifica: l

on a fiat surface; Referring first to into, a circular,formation;

my invention, same for. use

i the construction as illus trated n Fig. 3, the framework consists oi'la plurality of Wires 1, the. free ends 2 of which areadaptedto be spaced-apart, the Wires bel V ingresllient and being adaptedtokbe. bent these beads having transverse splits: ore-cuts .5. This construction allows-the,iindividualif? ,stenc l'led: letters to be formedjona' -curve with the conca v'ed side ot v the curvej in-K w'ardly. i r The splits or cuts allovv the beads} ,tobe slightly compressed lon thelinner side.

preferably nalreitheistencils with one sid v f' Y at right angles tothe beads andextending in a straight, 'linefbetween the 'upper-Qand v v, lower bead- The other sidefisprovidedwith ya tongue? This tongue is jada ptedfto ifit I :l l'ldli ad a cent: stencils as {indicated pass between the individuallstencils.J

- When the wires with the stencil numbers thereon are attached to a spherical "or ba-lhv shaped globe designated by the numeral 10,

are) 7 other or are somewhat spread apart as indi F ,cated dotted bythe nu'nieral'll in Fig. 2;, such actionbeingfdue tothespherical'shape s ot; the-globe 'and aids in fitting the stencil 'onfth'e'globef From the bers, letters above gens-treadm s will "be; ,that'the stencil havin'g' nuxnor words may be readily fattach ed to a globe whetl ler this is in-- a defil v be'e ntirely discardedif desired, or may be i 55 1 Yture,'a pair of wires of a resilient nature pending position from a ceiling as indicated in Figs. 1 or '2, or whether it is on a side wall. The ends 2 of the wires are designed to be spaced sufficiently. apart so that they 5 will not interfere With the neck of the globe; Thus house numbers or the like may readily be visible at night. i

Moreover, as the globes are usually made of white glass and frosted. the stenci'l numbers and letters show up clearly at daytime,

thus giving house numbers which are clearly f distinguishable day and'night.

In Fig. 5the wires 12 are not bent into a circle. but arestraight wires on which the flat stencil blocks 13 are'threadeth-these threads having-beads preferably rolled in-' wardly at'the back. The'beads however,'do not: require any slits. 1 These stencil blocks tongues 14 similar to the tongue 7 of the stencils -illustratedin Fig. l. The clips 15 f. have beads16 and 17 to engage the wires and hooksyl8 extending over thetop of a I sh eet'of glass 19 or'other structure which is r if 2 desi nedto' have a light positioned therebehindl Hence by this construction it will be readilyseenthat mystencil numbers and l letters adapted for house numbers" in parbe used on fiat as well as on ",ti'cularly', may 3 curved lights. V Although my invention is of a simple character, it Willbe inanifest that it may be considerably changed in general features an-d..in*specific details to suit different requirements. For instance, theclips 8 may fconnected merely. to the free'ends of the wires whereby theawires are held'in substani ftially: parallel'position around a globe or thelik-e. These various changes in general construction or speclficdetails W1l'lbe Within the spiritof' my invention asset forth in the.

- I description, drawings and claims.

dotted position, the. dotted position ofsuch wires allowing'them to be readily inserted over .a .gl0be' or the like; l/Vhen the wires are brought into a parallel position by the -holding the stencil. number in proper position. 1 a j 1 Having described my invention, What I claim is:'

1. In combination with a globular strucpartly encircling the structure, stencils having. indicia thereon, the stencils having beads, the wires.extending through the beads of'the stencils, and clips "secured to thewires at the opposite ends of-the series. of stencils,

having frictional arrangement wi'th the *wires, and adapted to maintain the wires in position.

. 5' In combination with a ball-shaped lamp jacent block to prevent tween said blocks 1 I 4; Incombination with. a "ball-shaped globe'as claimed in claim 2 having in addi' In FigQEZ it willbe noted that the .c1ips8' draw thefi'wires towards each other from'the said clips, the globe is gripped tightly; thus globe, a pair of wires partly encircling same,

the wires being resilient, stencil blocks of sheet material having heads at the top and bottom, threaded on the wires, the beads having slit or cut portions on the back adapted to allow theblocks t-o-conform to the circular curvature of the globe.

8.1n combination with a ball-shaped globe as claimed in claim 2, in which the stencil blocks are provided, With tongues, the tongues being adapted to overlap the adpassage of light betionc'lips of sheet material having beads at p opposite ends,said clips'being threaded'on 7 the wires from their opposite ends. preferably have I 5. A detachable stencil forball lights com:

prising a pair of resili'entwires bent into a 5 curve, a stencil block having heads at the top and bottom,'the beads having slits'adapted to allow bending-of the block in accordance with the curve of the Wires.

6. A detachable stencil for ball lights as claimed in claims, having in addition clips having heads at the top and bottom threaded 0n the ends of the wires. g

. 7; A detachable stencil comprising a pair of resilient curved wires, the wires being bent into .a' substantially circular-form, a plurality of sheet material stencil blocks having. rolled beads at the top and bottom, the beads having slits transversely thereof,

the wires being threaded through the beads, W the slits allowing the stencil blocks to curve in conformity with the wires, and, tongues on certain of the blocks adapted to overlap the blocks to between. v V Y 8. A detachable stencil as claimed in claim prevent light passing there- 7, having in addition sheet material" clips having inwardly rolled-beadsat the topand bottom, said beadsjb'eing threaded on the to allowv bending'ina convex'curve, one side edge of the block having a tongue sidewise beyond the'end of the beads, the opposite s de being substantially straight, the main body of theblock being concentric to the I curveof the bead. V 7

1.1. A detachable stencil comprising in combination an integral stencil block of smooth surface sheet material having rolled beads at the top and-bottom, one side of the block having a tongue extending side- Wise beyondthe end of the beads, the "0pposite side being substantially straight and 5 flat, supporting Wires extending through the beads, and sheet material clips having in- 1 wardly rolled heads at thetop and bottom,

the said clips being attached-tethe supporting wires by the beads on opposite-ends of a row of stencil blocks. f

In testimony. whereof I have signed my nameto this specification. i

"LUTHER. H. BUGHANAK. 

